The
war in Ukraine
increases the fear of a nuclear incident.
The operator of the Ukrainian state nuclear power plant,
Energoatom
, has denounced this Tuesday in a statement an "unprecedented" Russian cyberattack against its website, although it assures that its operations had not been interrupted.
Fighting continues around the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant
and
fears of a
Chernobyl
-like situation recurring .
At the diplomatic level, the
UN
Secretary General ,
Antonio Guterres
, will meet with the presidents of
Ukraine
and
Turkey
in
Lviv
while
the first ship loaded with grain leaves for
Africa to stop the food crisis.
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Ukraine leaves the first UN ship loaded with grain for Africa
The first humanitarian ship chartered by the
UN
to transport Ukrainian grain left the port of
Pivdenny
in southern
Ukraine
on Tuesday with some 23,000 tons for
Africa
, the Ministry of Infrastructure of
Ukraine
has confirmed .
On board the ship are 23,000 tons of wheat from the United Nations World Food Program.
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The UN secretary general will meet in Lviv with the presidents of Ukraine and Turkey
UN
Secretary
-General
Antonio Guterres
is due to meet with the leaders of
Ukraine
and
Turkey
this week as
Kiev
denounces an "unprecedented" cyberattack on the website of its nuclear power agency.
Guterres will
talk Thursday in the Ukrainian city of
Lviv
with President
Volodimir Zelensky
and his Turkish counterpart,
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
, to discuss "the need for a political solution to this conflict," according to
UN
spokesman
Stephane Dujarric
.
A deal reached in July brokered by the
UN
and
Turkey
allowed for a tentative restart of grain exports from
Ukraine
, after the Russian invasion blocked these supplies from leaving.
Guterres
will visit the Ukrainian city of Odessa, one of three ports used to export grain, on Friday before moving on to
Turkey
.
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Ukrainian nuclear operator denounces "unprecedented" Russian cyberattack on its website
The operator of the Ukrainian state nuclear power plant, Energoatom, denounced in a statement on Tuesday an "unprecedented" Russian cyberattack against its website, assuring that its operations had not been interrupted, AFP reports.
"On August 16, 2022, the most powerful cyberattack since the beginning of the Russian invasion against the official Energoatom website took place," the operator said on Telegram.
The site "was attacked from Russian territory," he added.
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